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|   <section id="module-cmd">
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| <span id="cmd-support-for-line-oriented-command-interpreters"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code> — Support for line-oriented command interpreters<a class="headerlink" href="#module-cmd" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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| <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="extlink-source reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.13/Lib/cmd.py">Lib/cmd.py</a></p>
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| <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> class provides a simple framework for writing line-oriented
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| command interpreters.  These are often useful for test harnesses, administrative
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| tools, and prototypes that will later be wrapped in a more sophisticated
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| interface.</p>
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd">
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">completekey</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'tab'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stdin</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stdout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> instance or subclass instance is a line-oriented interpreter
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| framework.  There is no good reason to instantiate <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> itself; rather,
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| it’s useful as a superclass of an interpreter class you define yourself in order
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| to inherit <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>’s methods and encapsulate action methods.</p>
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| <p>The optional argument <em>completekey</em> is the <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a> name of a completion
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| key; it defaults to <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Tab</kbd>. If <em>completekey</em> is not <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> and
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| <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a> is available, command completion is done automatically.</p>
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| <p>The default, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'tab'</span></code>, is treated specially, so that it refers to the
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| <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Tab</kbd> key on every <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#readline.backend" title="readline.backend"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline.backend</span></code></a>.
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| Specifically, if <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#readline.backend" title="readline.backend"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline.backend</span></code></a> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">editline</span></code>,
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| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code> will use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'^I'</span></code> instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'tab'</span></code>.
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| Note that other values are not treated this way, and might only work
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| with a specific backend.</p>
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| <p>The optional arguments <em>stdin</em> and <em>stdout</em> specify the  input and output file
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| objects that the Cmd instance or subclass  instance will use for input and
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| output. If not specified, they will default to <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdin" title="sys.stdin"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdin</span></code></a> and
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| <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdout" title="sys.stdout"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdout</span></code></a>.</p>
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| <p>If you want a given <em>stdin</em> to be used, make sure to set the instance’s
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| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput" title="cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">use_rawinput</span></code></a> attribute to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, otherwise <em>stdin</em> will be
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| ignored.</p>
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| <div class="versionchanged">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.13: </span><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">completekey='tab'</span></code> is replaced by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'^I'</span></code> for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">editline</span></code>.</p>
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| 
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| <section id="cmd-objects">
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| <span id="id1"></span><h2>Cmd Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#cmd-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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| <p>A <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> instance has the following methods:</p>
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| <dl class="py method">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cmdloop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">intro</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Repeatedly issue a prompt, accept input, parse an initial prefix off the
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| received input, and dispatch to action methods, passing them the remainder of
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| the line as argument.</p>
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| <p>The optional argument is a banner or intro string to be issued before the first
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| prompt (this overrides the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.intro" title="cmd.Cmd.intro"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">intro</span></code></a> class attribute).</p>
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| <p>If the <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a> module is loaded, input will automatically inherit
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| <strong class="program">bash</strong>-like history-list editing (e.g. <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">P</kbd> scrolls back
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| to the last command, <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">N</kbd> forward to the next one, <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">F</kbd>
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| moves the cursor to the right non-destructively, <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">B</kbd> moves the
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| cursor to the left non-destructively, etc.).</p>
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| <p>An end-of-file on input is passed back as the string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'EOF'</span></code>.</p>
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| <p id="index-0">An interpreter instance will recognize a command name <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">foo</span></code> if and only if it
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| has a method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_foo()</span></code>.  As a special case, a line beginning with the
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| character <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'?'</span></code> is dispatched to the method <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.do_help" title="cmd.Cmd.do_help"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_help()</span></code></a>.  As another
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| special case, a line beginning with the character <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'!'</span></code> is dispatched to the
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| method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_shell()</span></code> (if such a method is defined).</p>
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| <p>This method will return when the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a> method returns a true value.
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| The <em>stop</em> argument to <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a> is the return value from the command’s
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| corresponding <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> method.</p>
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| <p>If completion is enabled, completing commands will be done automatically, and
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| completing of commands args is done by calling <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">complete_foo()</span></code> with
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| arguments <em>text</em>, <em>line</em>, <em>begidx</em>, and <em>endidx</em>.  <em>text</em> is the string prefix
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| we are attempting to match: all returned matches must begin with it. <em>line</em> is
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| the current input line with leading whitespace removed, <em>begidx</em> and <em>endidx</em>
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| are the beginning and ending indexes of the prefix text, which could be used to
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| provide different completion depending upon which position the argument is in.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| <dl class="py method">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.do_help">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">do_help</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">arg</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.do_help" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>All subclasses of <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> inherit a predefined <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_help()</span></code>.  This
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| method, called with an argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'bar'</span></code>, invokes the corresponding method
 | ||
| <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_bar()</span></code>, and if that is not present, prints the docstring of
 | ||
| <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_bar()</span></code>, if available.  With no argument, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_help()</span></code> lists all
 | ||
| available help topics (that is, all commands with corresponding
 | ||
| <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_*()</span></code> methods or commands that have docstrings), and also lists any
 | ||
| undocumented commands.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.onecmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">onecmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">str</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.onecmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Interpret the argument as though it had been typed in response to the prompt.
 | ||
| This may be overridden, but should not normally need to be; see the
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="cmd.Cmd.precmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">precmd()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a> methods for useful execution hooks.  The
 | ||
| return value is a flag indicating whether interpretation of commands by the
 | ||
| interpreter should stop.  If there is a <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> method for the command
 | ||
| <em>str</em>, the return value of that method is returned, otherwise the return value
 | ||
| from the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.default" title="cmd.Cmd.default"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">default()</span></code></a> method is returned.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.emptyline">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">emptyline</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.emptyline" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Method called when an empty line is entered in response to the prompt. If this
 | ||
| method is not overridden, it repeats the last nonempty command entered.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.default">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">default</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.default" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Method called on an input line when the command prefix is not recognized. If
 | ||
| this method is not overridden, it prints an error message and returns.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.completedefault">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">completedefault</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">text</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">begidx</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">endidx</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.completedefault" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Method called to complete an input line when no command-specific
 | ||
| <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">complete_*()</span></code> method is available.  By default, it returns an empty list.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.columnize">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">columnize</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">displaywidth</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">80</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.columnize" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Method called to display a list of strings as a compact set of columns.
 | ||
| Each column is only as wide as necessary.
 | ||
| Columns are separated by two spaces for readability.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.precmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">precmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Hook method executed just before the command line <em>line</em> is interpreted, but
 | ||
| after the input prompt is generated and issued.  This method is a stub in
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses.  The return value is
 | ||
| used as the command which will be executed by the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.onecmd" title="cmd.Cmd.onecmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">onecmd()</span></code></a> method; the
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="cmd.Cmd.precmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">precmd()</span></code></a> implementation may re-write the command or simply return <em>line</em>
 | ||
| unchanged.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.postcmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">postcmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stop</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Hook method executed just after a command dispatch is finished.  This method is
 | ||
| a stub in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses.  <em>line</em> is the
 | ||
| command line which was executed, and <em>stop</em> is a flag which indicates whether
 | ||
| execution will be terminated after the call to <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a>; this will be the
 | ||
| return value of the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.onecmd" title="cmd.Cmd.onecmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">onecmd()</span></code></a> method.  The return value of this method will
 | ||
| be used as the new value for the internal flag which corresponds to <em>stop</em>;
 | ||
| returning false will cause interpretation to continue.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.preloop">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">preloop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.preloop" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Hook method executed once when <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> is called.  This method is a stub
 | ||
| in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.postloop">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">postloop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.postloop" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Hook method executed once when <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> is about to return. This method
 | ||
| is a stub in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <p>Instances of <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> subclasses have some public instance variables:</p>
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.prompt">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">prompt</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.prompt" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The prompt issued to solicit input.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.identchars">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">identchars</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.identchars" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The string of characters accepted for the command prefix.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.lastcmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">lastcmd</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.lastcmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The last nonempty command prefix seen.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.cmdqueue">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cmdqueue</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdqueue" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>A list of queued input lines.  The cmdqueue list is checked in
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> when new input is needed; if it is nonempty, its elements
 | ||
| will be processed in order, as if entered at the prompt.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.intro">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intro</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.intro" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>A string to issue as an intro or banner.  May be overridden by giving the
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> method an argument.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.doc_header">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">doc_header</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.doc_header" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The header to issue if the help output has a section for documented commands.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.misc_header">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">misc_header</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.misc_header" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The header to issue if the help output has a section for miscellaneous  help
 | ||
| topics (that is, there are <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_*()</span></code> methods without corresponding
 | ||
| <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> methods).</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.undoc_header">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">undoc_header</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.undoc_header" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The header to issue if the help output has a section for undocumented  commands
 | ||
| (that is, there are <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> methods without corresponding <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_*()</span></code>
 | ||
| methods).</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.ruler">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ruler</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.ruler" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The character used to draw separator lines under the help-message headers.  If
 | ||
| empty, no ruler line is drawn.  It defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'='</span></code>.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py attribute">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">use_rawinput</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>A flag, defaulting to true.  If true, <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> uses <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#input" title="input"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">input()</span></code></a> to
 | ||
| display a prompt and read the next command; if false, <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdout" title="sys.stdout"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdout.write()</span></code></a>
 | ||
| and <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdin" title="sys.stdin"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdin.readline()</span></code></a> are used. (This means that by importing
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a>, on systems that support it, the interpreter will automatically
 | ||
| support <strong class="program">Emacs</strong>-like line editing  and command-history keystrokes.)</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| </section>
 | ||
| <section id="cmd-example">
 | ||
| <span id="id2"></span><h2>Cmd Example<a class="headerlink" href="#cmd-example" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
 | ||
| <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-cmd" title="cmd: Build line-oriented command interpreters."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code></a> module is mainly useful for building custom shells that let a
 | ||
| user work with a program interactively.</p>
 | ||
| <p>This section presents a simple example of how to build a shell around a few of
 | ||
| the commands in the <a class="reference internal" href="turtle.html#module-turtle" title="turtle: An educational framework for simple graphics applications"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">turtle</span></code></a> module.</p>
 | ||
| <p>Basic turtle commands such as <a class="reference internal" href="turtle.html#turtle.forward" title="turtle.forward"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">forward()</span></code></a> are added to a
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> subclass with method named <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_forward()</span></code>.  The argument is
 | ||
| converted to a number and dispatched to the turtle module.  The docstring is
 | ||
| used in the help utility provided by the shell.</p>
 | ||
| <p>The example also includes a basic record and playback facility implemented with
 | ||
| the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="cmd.Cmd.precmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">precmd()</span></code></a> method which is responsible for converting the input to
 | ||
| lowercase and writing the commands to a file.  The <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_playback()</span></code> method
 | ||
| reads the file and adds the recorded commands to the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdqueue" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdqueue"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdqueue</span></code></a> for
 | ||
| immediate playback:</p>
 | ||
| <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">cmd</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">sys</span>
 | ||
| <span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">turtle</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="o">*</span>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <span class="k">class</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">TurtleShell</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cmd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Cmd</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="n">intro</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'Welcome to the turtle shell.   Type help or ? to list commands.</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="n">prompt</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'(turtle) '</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
|     <span class="c1"># ----- basic turtle commands -----</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_forward</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Move the turtle forward by the specified distance:  FORWARD 10'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">forward</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_right</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Turn turtle right by given number of degrees:  RIGHT 20'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">right</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_left</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Turn turtle left by given number of degrees:  LEFT 90'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">left</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_goto</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Move turtle to an absolute position with changing orientation.  GOTO 100 200'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">goto</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_home</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Return turtle to the home position:  HOME'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">home</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_circle</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Draw circle with given radius an options extent and steps:  CIRCLE 50'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">circle</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span>
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|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_position</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
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|         <span class="s1">'Print the current turtle position:  POSITION'</span>
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|         <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Current position is </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">position</span><span class="p">())</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_heading</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
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|         <span class="s1">'Print the current turtle heading in degrees:  HEADING'</span>
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|         <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Current heading is </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">heading</span><span class="p">(),))</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_color</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
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|         <span class="s1">'Set the color:  COLOR BLUE'</span>
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|         <span class="n">color</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">())</span>
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|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_undo</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
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|         <span class="s1">'Undo (repeatedly) the last turtle action(s):  UNDO'</span>
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|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_reset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
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|         <span class="s1">'Clear the screen and return turtle to center:  RESET'</span>
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|         <span class="n">reset</span><span class="p">()</span>
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|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_bye</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Stop recording, close the turtle window, and exit:  BYE'</span>
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|         <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Thank you for using Turtle'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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|         <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
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|         <span class="n">bye</span><span class="p">()</span>
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|         <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
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| 
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|     <span class="c1"># ----- record and playback -----</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_record</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Save future commands to filename:  RECORD rose.cmd'</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'w'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">do_playback</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="s1">'Playback commands from a file:  PLAYBACK rose.cmd'</span>
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|         <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="k">with</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">:</span>
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|             <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cmdqueue</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">extend</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitlines</span><span class="p">())</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">precmd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="s1">'playback'</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="p">:</span>
 | ||
|             <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">)</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">line</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">close</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|         <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">:</span>
 | ||
|             <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
|             <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="s1">'Convert a series of zero or more numbers to an argument tuple'</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">tuple</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">map</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">()))</span>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <span class="k">if</span> <span class="vm">__name__</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'__main__'</span><span class="p">:</span>
 | ||
|     <span class="n">TurtleShell</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cmdloop</span><span class="p">()</span>
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| </pre></div>
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| </div>
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| <p>Here is a sample session with the turtle shell showing the help functions, using
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| blank lines to repeat commands, and the simple record and playback facility:</p>
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| <div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Welcome to the turtle shell.   Type help or ? to list commands.
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| 
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| (turtle) ?
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| 
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| Documented commands (type help <topic>):
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| ========================================
 | ||
| bye     color    goto     home  playback  record  right
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| circle  forward  heading  left  position  reset   undo
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| 
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| (turtle) help forward
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| Move the turtle forward by the specified distance:  FORWARD 10
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| (turtle) record spiral.cmd
 | ||
| (turtle) position
 | ||
| Current position is 0 0
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| 
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| (turtle) heading
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| Current heading is 0
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| 
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| (turtle) reset
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| (turtle) circle 20
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| (turtle) right 30
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| (turtle) circle 40
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| (turtle) right 30
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| (turtle) circle 60
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| (turtle) right 30
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| (turtle) circle 80
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| (turtle) right 30
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| (turtle) circle 100
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| (turtle) right 30
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| (turtle) circle 120
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| (turtle) right 30
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| (turtle) circle 120
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| (turtle) heading
 | ||
| Current heading is 180
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| (turtle) forward 100
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| (turtle)
 | ||
| (turtle) right 90
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| (turtle) forward 100
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| (turtle)
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| (turtle) right 90
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| (turtle) forward 400
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| (turtle) right 90
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| (turtle) forward 500
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| (turtle) right 90
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| (turtle) forward 400
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| (turtle) right 90
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| (turtle) forward 300
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| (turtle) playback spiral.cmd
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| Current position is 0 0
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| 
 | ||
| Current heading is 0
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| 
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| Current heading is 180
 | ||
| 
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| (turtle) bye
 | ||
| Thank you for using Turtle
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